Network / System IT Administrator

**Piller’s Fine Foods,** a Division of Premium Brands Operating Limited Partnership, is a premier Canadian producer of the finest European-style processed meats with state-of-the-art production facilities throughout Ontario. Our award-winning deli products under the Piller’s brand are sold to grocery and restaurant chains throughout North America.

We are currently seeking a **Network/System IT Administrator **to join our IT Department located in Waterloo, Ontario.

**What's in it for you?**
- Company paid benefit package
- Company matched pension plan
- 3 weeks of vacation time after 1 year
- Hybrid working environment
- Discounted Piller's Products
- Options for purchasing Company shares
- Annual Company pai events, lunches, and giveaways

**Job responsibilities include but are not limited to**:

- Maintains the performance, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of firewalls, network switches, Wifi, PBX, servers, storage in a mix Windows \ UNIX environment
- Monitor systems for alerts and takes actions to resolve as appropriate
- Tracks, escalates, follows up and resolves system issues with service providers
- Maintains comprehensive supporting documentation for installation and support
- Proactively identifies opportunities to increase productivity, improve efficiencies, leverage automation, etc.
- Maintains and preforms audits of systems such as backup and disaster recovery
- Plans and rollout system upgrades, patches as directed or as scheduled
- Monitors organization security status and posture on both end-user and business systems
- Work with the Director of IT and IT Administrator to respond in a timely manner to all security instances and threats.
- Administers, monitors, and maintains accurate records of software subscriptions, licenses for server and network infrastructure.
- Respond to escalated service desk tickets in a timely manner from our Help Desk Team.
- Additional duties as assigned by the Director of IT
- Some travel required between facilities (Waterloo, Brantford, Arthur, and Vancouver British Colombia)

**Qualifications for this position include**:

- Associate or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, System Administration, or a closely related field, or equivalent experience required
- 3+ years’ experience administrating Microsoft Windows Servers and VMware environments.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and best practices
- Strong time management skills including a strong ability to prioritize workload and a demonstrated ability to multi-task
- Experience working with a variety of Layer 2 and 3 networking hardware from different vendors such as Ruckus, Sophos, Cisco, Palo Alto and HP
- Ability to support servers running Windows Server 2012R2 and newer, RedHat, Debian and other forms of Linux
- Experience deploying and operating database servers including MySQL, PostGres, Oracle and Microsoft SQL
- Experience operating SNMP network monitoring and management systems
- Experience operating and configuration of SIEM systems
- Working knowledge of security best practices for high availability systems
- Piller's Fine Foods is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or any other protected factor. Piller's Fine foods is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please advise us if you required accommodation._

**Salary**: $60,000.00-$70,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Waterloo, ON